IPPower9258 - Revision history

Sconklin at 15:14, 2 November 2009

2009-11-02T15:14:58Z

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	Tried enabling SNMP - the MIB looks like the defaults are not right:		Tried enabling SNMP - the MIB looks like the defaults are not right:

-	sconklin@rrbs-1:~$ snmpwalk -v 1 -c public -O e 172.33.xx.xx	+	sconklin@rrbs-1:~$ snmpwalk -v 1 -c public -O e 172.31.xx.xx
	SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: IP9258		SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: IP9258
	SNMPv2-MIB::sysObjectID.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.92.58		SNMPv2-MIB::sysObjectID.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.92.58

Sconklin at 15:14, 2 November 2009

2009-11-02T15:14:24Z

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	That wasn't an option to set with their windows config utility. So I changed it usign the web interface.		That wasn't an option to set with their windows config utility. So I changed it usign the web interface.

-	Why does this device need a DNS server anyway?	+	Why does this device need a DNS server anyway? Oh, because you can have it send email every
		+	time the outputs change. Not a feature I care about.

	It beeps every time you give it a command. Oh good, you can turn that off in the web interface.		It beeps every time you give it a command. Oh good, you can turn that off in the web interface.
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	SNMPv2-MIB::sysServices.0 = Wrong Type (should be INTEGER): NULL		SNMPv2-MIB::sysServices.0 = Wrong Type (should be INTEGER): NULL
	End of MIB		End of MIB
		+
		+	Eventually, I discovered that you can read the power outlet state using SNMP,
		+	although the MIB documentation in the manual is wrong. But SNMP is read-only,
		+	so it's not useful to me.

Sconklin at 20:13, 30 October 2009

2009-10-30T20:13:29Z

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	Configured to use NTP through a national server - that's nice.		Configured to use NTP through a national server - that's nice.
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		+	Tried enabling SNMP - the MIB looks like the defaults are not right:
		+
		+	sconklin@rrbs-1:~$ snmpwalk -v 1 -c public -O e 172.33.xx.xx
		+	SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: IP9258
		+	SNMPv2-MIB::sysObjectID.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.92.58
		+	DISMAN-EVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (4582) 0:00:45.82
		+	SNMPv2-MIB::sysContact.0 = STRING: Admintrator
		+	SNMPv2-MIB::sysName.0 = STRING: IP9258
		+	SNMPv2-MIB::sysLocation.0 = STRING: Wuhan
		+	SNMPv2-MIB::sysServices.0 = Wrong Type (should be INTEGER): NULL
		+	End of MIB

Sconklin at 19:49, 30 October 2009

2009-10-30T19:49:52Z

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	Why does this device need a DNS server anyway?		Why does this device need a DNS server anyway?
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		+	It beeps every time you give it a command. Oh good, you can turn that off in the web interface.
		+
		+	New admin password - you can't change the login name, and it only takes 8 character passwords. Blech.
		+
		+	Configured to use NTP through a national server - that's nice.

Sconklin at 19:31, 30 October 2009

2009-10-30T19:31:17Z

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	It's accessible from Firefox on the Ubuntu box. Even better. I shut down the windows box.		It's accessible from Firefox on the Ubuntu box. Even better. I shut down the windows box.
		+
		+	Basic controls work fine.
		+
		+	Checked the IP configuration - Oops - it has the DNS server set to something random.
		+	That wasn't an option to set with their windows config utility. So I changed it usign the web interface.
		+
		+	Why does this device need a DNS server anyway?

Sconklin: New page: Documentation for using the IP Power 9258 remote power control device This is a handy looking device, but I've had some challenges setting it up. The manuals and box text are poorly tran...

2009-10-30T19:27:02Z

New page: Documentation for using the IP Power 9258 remote power control device This is a handy looking device, but I've had some challenges setting it up. The manuals and box text are poorly tran...

New page

Documentation for using the IP Power 9258 remote power control device

This is a handy looking device, but I've had some challenges setting it up.

The manuals and box text are poorly translated.

I wanted to set it up without using the Windows configuration utility.
That should be easy, it says it's configured to use DHCP by default. DHCP
seems to be broken, at least with my router, a Linksys WRT300N. The device
continues to request IP addresses even after one has been granted. Here is
the DHCP log:

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:33:43 received DISCOVER from 00:92:58:00:79:92
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:33:44 sending OFFER to 255.255.255.255 with 172.31.0.116
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:33:44 received DISCOVER from 00:92:58:00:79:92
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:33:45 sending OFFER to 255.255.255.255 with 172.31.0.117
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:33:45 received REQUEST from 00:92:58:00:79:92
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:33:47 received REQUEST from 00:92:58:00:79:92
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:33:47 received REQUEST from 00:92:58:00:79:92
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:37:43 received DISCOVER from 00:92:58:00:79:92
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:37:45 sending OFFER to 255.255.255.255 with 172.31.0.117
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:37:45 received DISCOVER from 00:92:58:00:79:92
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:37:46 sending OFFER to 255.255.255.255 with 172.31.0.118
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:37:46 received REQUEST from 00:92:58:00:79:92
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:37:48 received REQUEST from 00:92:58:00:79:92
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:37:48 received REQUEST from 00:92:58:00:79:92
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:52:06 received DISCOVER from 00:92:58:00:79:92
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:52:07 sending OFFER to 255.255.255.255 with 172.31.0.118
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:52:07 received DISCOVER from 00:92:58:00:79:92
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:52:08 sending OFFER to 255.255.255.255 with 172.31.0.119
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:52:08 received REQUEST from 00:92:58:00:79:92
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:52:10 received REQUEST from 00:92:58:00:79:92
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:52:10 received REQUEST from 00:92:58:00:79:92

Not good. So I fired up the windows machine, navigated the disk tat came with
the device, downloaded the utility to set the IP address, and ran it.
A scan found the device on the network, and it had defaulted to an IP address
of 192.168.something. I reset that to a static one on my network and it rebooted itself
and came up with the new address.

It's accessible from Internet Explorer. Good.

It's accessible from Firefox on the Ubuntu box. Even better. I shut down the windows box.